reprehensible
while becoming sensible
also tenable
like retching up food poison
until there's nothing left to
take or give
you want rid of the destruction
that never should have been
and thirst for what was
meant to be
but it's all poison now
you have no immunity to anything
not even a memory
emptiness is not tenable
but it is necessary for a time
and maybe the memory of
what should have been
isn't exactly what should be
not this far down the road
follow it out of the wilderness
but stop listening like you already know
(that's presumptuous)
let it guide you
you really really need to be
careful
especially about where you are
and what you hunger for
it's not all manna from heaven
Indisputably bankrupted deux times
boardings on stalled windows
Recession unproofed
bundles of betwichted people aloff
clumsily lost Waitrose
and still the Fairfield roof leaks
Queens gardens is no longer bespoke
its tenable for climbing children
We've still not lost the war
culture exists
and I'm eternally grateful
Poets Anonymous
and Poets hour at the library
provides the same echo
of the past
I have considered at some length, the incronvertible
Evidence of malignant intent also conspiracy to end
Lives of those oblivious to, and devoid of any ill intent to others (murder by any other term)
I am enraged..Which beleive me does not cover the
Depth and levels of my revulsion, that ' new Australians
As for instance' I would describe Harry Horseman ' are
Not safe ? in my country.' What a terrible feeling.! I am outside
Of enraged.' I feel almost personally responsible.' Which
Is bizarre. Is it bizarre.? Or is it the realization I have been
Betrayed.' My trust so abused.' I used to think how great
An ethos overall my country had.' Nurturing the spirit to
Overcome' the mateship to overlook small mindedness
The readiness to share.' I am reseloutely determined to
Oppose the sick idealisam that all this narcissiam is rooted In.' I love life freedom equality that is tenable not
A placebo reality that causes frustration, because it is
Ultimately an untennabilty that is advertised to create
All humanity's demise
If all you need to ask, "Is beauty truth?"
It isn't much you need to know on earth.
It's less than what appraisers say it's worth,
This jar with frieze depicting frozen youth.
Curators and collectors both agree
If forged or stolen, sold dishonestly
Museum art debased on pedestals
Makes hiding art seem safely tenable.
It may be better beauty be destroyed.
A little worshiper of idols still
Resides inside and ever, always will
Until we're much less worldly employed.
While thirsty an ascetic often thinks
Urns beautiful when everybody drinks.
(8/29/22)
What a splendid thing to bicycle ride
Envisioning an adventure ahead
A two wheel machine just powered by me
Handle bars play as I gracefully glide
See sunglasses, gloves, and helmet on head
To be
Balance so tenable, a seat so small
Pressing pedal eager heart fills with glee
Cool wind in my face, sun shines overhead
Said joy filled soft words will embrace my all
Care free
Robert Gene Stoner Jr
10/20/2020
Curtal Sonnet
You were exceptional
among the ancient Indian emperors
with vast learning,
yet your silhouette stands
under the signboard,
engraved with ‘Intelligent Fool’,
in the recess of history.
It was tenable
to transfer the capital
to the thorax of your empire.
But why’d you drag
the people of Delhi to Devagiri?
Your innovations turned
curses and corpses
in improper implementation.
As a ruler’s thoughts
fall into the maelstrom in brain,
his subjects
sink into the fathomless suffering.
Nous deprivation determines
the decline of each reform.
It’s fate
you’re reborn on the earth
again and again.
Muhammad Bin Tughlug(1324-1351), was an ancient ruler of Delhi.
Though he was a learned man, his reforms, including transfer of
capital from Delhi to Devagiri, failed due to improper implementation.
First published in Hawaii Review (University of Hawaii)
There is no understanding;
Suicide is the final act of an individual,
Who has reached a point where life
Is no longer tenable.
To ask Why? Is to imagine there is sense
In this finality.
To speculate on the state of mind,
Which lays a foundation for
Entry to eternity, is to think there is some
Rational alternative, some possible pathway
To salvation.
But the abyss lies before,
The end of torment invitation to give up
Oneself to relief.
To die, to sleep, perchance to dream.
There is no understanding.
The illicit flames of cajole will wane like an impetuous act of wind.
Annul with impervious aplomb
Waxing perspicacious avenues
Clearing the nebulous
The schism extricate judicious clarity
Vicarious envoy
Omnious stance
Intrinsic string of which I now belong accrues each dawn
Tenable apotheosis oracular
Aberrant paths engage in the light as the nocturnal recividist abated
The diaphanous window capitulated to alloy
Congential precedence gives prerogative by inveterate enigma
Tangible motif clings
Precarious simplicity carry ubiquitous propensity
Equanimity and audacity interchange
Swrod for Sword
Faux Pas to be no more
Impeccable prowess on inimitable wings
To be cognizant is to see
Rendezvous at the fete
Its adjacent to everything
Magnanimous in all things
Taciturn to the ludicrous
Anithetical of perdition
Verbatim by the imbued
Repertoire 9f the genesis
By Christy Teas
Sometimes in a black-veiled night
When sleep eludes my frame.
My mind succumbs to fright
Of things too wretched to name.
I ponder the possible eventualities,
"What if this?" "What if that?"
They seem to be tenable realities,
And I am further taken aback.
One dark thought leads to more
'Til dawn's birth grants reprieve.
But other such nights are in store—
A specter I tremble to conceive.
Sweet Savior watch this night with me,
Bless me with the peace thou giveth.
From every fear let me be free
For I know of a surety thou liveth.
I get pretty disillusioned with petty illustrations
Expressing lush lifestyle of unattainable wealth tenable to a select few
I get pretty flustered with beautiful posters
Impersonating as the real deal, imposing, intimidating with a candid sly smile
I get pretty bored hearing radio ads that would compulsorily end with forced group laughter
Implying to its audience that they are nothing but foolish herds just thankful and be blessed
with their so-called auditory elegance presence
I get up and draw my own life with smileys in every signatures and making sure my
moments be priceless to no one's standard
I get up and look in the mirror, reflects at my own reflection and look deep inside my light
brown eyes and found the beauty in me, the beauty is me
I get up and sets my own playlist with occasional taped sound of my own voice just to
make sure that I won't hear my own forced laughter instead I would hear a more calm me
And there and then I realised
Calm is not a fiction...
Let us use our diverse tools
to build hope in their hearts.
Like opulent homes
developed with care,
We must take the time to
create a strong foundation
in young lives bursting with
potential. For even though their
bellies may groan from
hunger or their eyes may be
tired of seeing a mother’s
addiction taking its terrible
toll, we’ll never know how
much a mentor’s friendly
hand will give strength to
a young person to proudly
stand and push through
time and circumstances
that could have defeated them.
Let us use our tools to
deconstruct walls that
divide them from us;
Walls that prevent persons
On either side of these divisions
from earnest self-actualization.
Though tenable by all five senses
these barriers inevitably pose a
moral threat to common
possibility wherein a neighbor’s
outcome is the ultimate reward
of what we are all striving for.
And whether this is simply
an ideal on earth or not,
let us nevertheless see this vision
where each of our tools are used
for creating and building in unison
a house of brotherhood.
" Milk & Bananas "
Hmmmmmmm~ Thought Tea ??
Does this blend require lemon a'plenty?
Or shall it find lime more then amenable?
Shall such cup as is drunk from thus be dainty?
Or should we drink from whichever we find tenable?
Har! Then say so meownself does now!
Preferences bein' whot whot's they are~
Meself should find more goodly some cow~
Nay! Nay! Now not whot's bellied to some bar!
Nor could be called the ear of some sow!
'Tis white & does float bananas so well~
Yet some oft sink 'gainst bottom o'bowl~
Circles do float & crunch fer a'while~
Me parrot so finds ways to beguile!
Must be fast so says me~
'Twere me breakfast 'twould be all a'done~
Nope do it seem whot's wagered or won~
Me damn bird 'as flown now flat free!
Into that bowl a great then kersplash!
Milk & bananas all over black beak~
'Tis now meownself 'as been fox'd thus well~
Whot mess to clean shall require a week!
Ok Ok like some fat cat then purred~~
Pour & hover & wave off damn bird~
Save me some you feath'ry thief~
Lest ye be marooned on yon lonely reef!
Ne'er e'er win this battle shall I~
'Gainst such creature of silvery sky~
SeaWolf